Ubuntu snap-confine Flaw Could Give Local Users Root on Default Desktop Installs
2026-07-22T19:24:12Z•397d1f0a28fbdfbaf5f67d4ec4e52c219305d1f68bc7c5e8c21b39f8aad843bf
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What happened
The Hacker News roundup (22 Jul 2026) highlights a wave of high- and critical-severity vulnerabilities and active exploitation across widely used software and services. Notable incidents include a default-Ubuntu local privilege escalation in snap-confine (CVE-2026-8933), a now-patched Adobe Acrobat Chrome-extension chain exposing WhatsApp Web data (CVE-2026-48294), an actively exploited unauthenticated Windmill path traversal (CVE-2026-29059), and a critical SharePoint deserialization RCE under active exploitation (CVE-2026-50522). Other serious issues include ServiceNow sandbox escape RCE (CV
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